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Chagossians Return Home to Establish Permanent Settlement Ahead of Labour's Surrender

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A group of Chagos islanders has landed on the archipelago to establish a permanent settlement, more than 50 years after the population was evicted from the British colony

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"This Is My Right and I Demand It": 50 Years After British Expulsion, Islanders Reclaim Their Homeland

Between 1967 and 1971, the population of the remote Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean was forcibly relocated by the British colonial government. A military base was established on the largest island, Diego Garcia. Under a new treaty, the archipelago is now under the administration of Mauritius, and the British will maintain their military presence for at least another 99 years. However, the original inhabitants and their descendants…

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Gang of four Chagossians sail to islands to try to reclaim their homeland before Labour surrenders the territory

The gang of four came ashore on Monday, issuing a clarion call to 322 exiled Chagossians to join them in establishing a permanent settlement on the archipelago.

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Chagossians return home to establish permanent settlement ahead of Labour's surrender

A group of Chagos islanders has landed on the archipelago to establish a permanent settlement, more than 50 years after the population was evicted from the British colony

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NEW: British Chagossians Make Dramatic Landing on Archipelago Homeland

A group of Chagos islanders have set foot on the archipelago in defiance of the British government's exclusion zone, vowing to establish a permanent

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Guido Fawkes broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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